┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ Stripe Core Engine │ └──────────────┬───────────────┘ │ ┌───────────────────────┼───────────────────────┐ ▼ ▼ ▼ ┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐ │ Billing │ │ Taxation │ │ Operations │ │ • Subscriptions │ │ • Automatic │ │ • Data Pipeline│ │ • Usage-Based │ │ Calculation │ │ • Sigma Custom │ │ • Metronome UI │ │ • Local VAT │ │ Reporting │ └─────────────────┘ └─────────────────┘ └─────────────────┘ Recurring Revenue and Usage-Based Metering
that fundamentally transformed how money moves across the internet. Founded in 2009 by Irish brothers Patrick and John Collison, the company shifted the online payment landscape from an fragmented system of merchant accounts and traditional banking gateways into a unified developer-first ecosystem. stripe